The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-14
Items from the Courts.

A SUIT AGAINST BoNDsMEN DISMISSED.
The suit of the government against Samuel B.
Bushnell, once an Indian agent and mis- sureties.
which has been pending for two years. was dis
missed in the United States District Court yes
terdny. Mr.. Bushnell is dead and the sureties
affected compromise with the Treasury De-
partment
SOLD BEER IN MINERAL WATER BOTTLES
L. W. Gerberson. the saloon-keeper at the cor
ner Of Blake and Washington Streets was ar
rested yesterday morning for selling beer on
Sunday. He expressed willing ness to have
the Mayor try his case, and it wa set down for
Wednesday. Patrolmen Pope and Hostetter.
who made the arrest. say that he did very good
business on Sunday by handing out beer in min
eral water bottles.
SAVED FROM DEATH IN PRISON.
Louis Smith, who was sentenc ed to the work
house March IA, for six months. flor stealing old
iron. was released by Judge Ir'fin. yesterday.
Smith, since his confinement, has. been gradual
ly wasting away with consumption, and his ply
scians said that he would not live many weeks
longer He is twenty years of age, He was led
into trouble by older persons. and shame over
his downfall is said to have had good deal to
do with his failing health.
GRocERs DEMAND FOR DAMAGES
William P. Eensley, of La wrence township,
has filed s., 600 damage suit against Thomas
Clark one Of his neighbors. During the last
session of the grand jury Clarl; went before that
body and furnished the infor, alton that Hons
Icy, who keeps a grocery store, was selling
liquors without license. An Indictment was re-
turned, and Hensley was ARE etad and remained
in Jail several days before he secured bond. He
was acquitted on his trial, there being no evl-
dence at all that he had be violating the law
He alleges that by reason of Clarks false charge
he has been greatly damaged in his neighbor-
hood, and his business as ekeeper curtailed.
SONS PROTEST AGAINST DIVORCE.
The divorce suit of George P. Marott against
his wife. Elizabeth, had u partial hearing before
Judge Walker yesterday morning and developed
some interesting features The complaint
filed two months ago. ard in it Mr.. Marott al
Logged that when he came to the United States
from England, number of years ago,
his wife refused to accompany him.
and has since ref used to come over, al
though he has often asked her to join him.
When he came here hs, changed his name fro m
Marriott to Marott and haas since gone by the lat
ter name. His son, CT gorge j. Marott, appeared
in court yesterday mo ming and protested against
the divorce being grs nted. He claimed that his
father had never desired his mother to
come here ana a. that she .. had been left left
father had further said that il his mother
did come he would leave the city. The SON said
that he intended bring his mother here some
time in the future and did not desire to have her
humiliated by being separated from her hus-
band Upon this new evidence Judge Walker
decided to allow ffIe to rest for the present
Industrial end Manufacturing Notes.
Three thousa nd Mccormick harvesters will
probably be sof here this year. Last year there
were 2, 404 sold.
Chandler & Taylor have just shipped second
engine and boil ers. thirty horse power, to Gin
cinnati to run AN electric-light plant
The Byrkit .5heering and Lath Company have
thus far this season, put in operation in this
country and in the Canadas sixty five OF their
machines. ar ID expect to run the number up to
two hundred.
The Alta, engine works last week received an
0rd or n eiy hare WA md
for the Fort Smith. Ark, Electric-light Com
pany beiIi q duplicate of the plant sold them
eighteen months ago.
The &c" Spring Company are now turn
ing out 'i20 carts per week. and then are unable
to fill th eir orders. being now fully two moaths
behind. This cart is popular in the Southern
States, and they make large shipments to South
America.
The United States encaustic tile works yes
terda'y were awarded the contract to furnish the
tile f. the floors of the public library build
ing Il Dayton, o., and for the floors of the hall
whf h the Science Association of Madison, Ia,
are erecting.
he improvements to the Piel starch works
nearing completion. Fairbanks scales,
WI itch will weigh the heaviest and their
CO ,ntents. to be put in this week. When in
G omplete order the works will have a capacity to
onsume 5000 bushels of CORE per day.
Fletcher & Thomas yesterday shipped one of
their patent brick machines and engine complete
to Birmingham, Ala, another to Northampton.
Mass, and a third to Eastport Me. Within the
last six months forty Of these machines have
been sold to parties in New York and the New
England States.
On the first of next week Schnull & Krag will
take a third room in the Schnull Block for their
business Their volume of trade has fully
doubled within the last five years, and when in
the new room with their business they will
cupy three of the largest Wholesale rooms ON
Meridian street.
Dealers in musical instruments are expert
epcing the best years business thus far in their
history. One of the leading houses has sold
within the last ninety days 80 pianos another
go. and instruments of other descriptions in the
usual proportion. There are five musical stores
in the city, and all are prospecting
Natural-gas plumbing is already progressing
to q limited degree in this city. In anticipation
of rush of business when pipe-layine
mences i. Herman Kirkhoff who succeeded j.
s. Farrell e. Co.. and removed to No. 81 North |
Illinois street, is arranging for speciality of this
class of work. He has a number orders on his |
books.
Hetherngton e. Berner this week commence |
the erection of a building three stories high, 40
by 60 feet The building is to be of brick, rest |
ing q stone foundation. This is the third adj |
diton they have made to their works in the last |
twelve months. This company IS now makinga |
heavy iron front for a new building to be erect |
ed IN Noblesville, and have just completed one |
for new block IN Peru.
Wife Murder and Suicide.
New YORK, June l3.-Stephen Poole (coloredl |
aged thirty years, residing at No. 100 Raymond |
street. Brooklyn, n. Y. with his wife aud two |
children. after having few words with the for |
mer to-day, deliberately shot her, the ball pass